The Virtus Entella Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Virtus Entella bid $3.9M for John Yeboah
The offer went to Venezia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Shea Lacey is a medical away from Virtus Entella
The deal with Manchester United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nikolas Muci will not be coming to Virtus Entella
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Grasshopper is saying, and nobody at Virtus Entella is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maurizio Demme signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maurizio Demme commits to Virtus Entella for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Virtus Entella
Andrea Tiritiello and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Virtus Entella rebuffed over Simone Pontisso
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cremonese have kept their man, and Virtus Entella go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Francesco Antonucci steps up from the Virtus Entella academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francesco Antonucci has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Virtus Entella promote Armando Paro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Armando Paro has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Valerio Mancini joins the Virtus Entella first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valerio Mancini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Simone Rizzi joins the Virtus Entella first team
- Squad Words at Virtus Entella training over how hard people work
- The dugout Maurizio Demme knocks on the manager’s door